A comprehensive resource on essential information for making products, facilities, processes, and operations safe for workers, users, and the public

Ensuring the health and safety of individuals in the workplace is vital on an interpersonal level but is also crucial to limiting the liability of companies in the event of an onsite injury. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported over 4,700 fatal work injuries in the United States in 2020, most frequently in transportation-related incidents. The same year, approximately 2.7 million workplace injuries and illnesses were reported by private industry employers. According to the National Safety Council, the cost in lost wages, productivity, medical and administrative costs is close to 1.2 trillion dollars in the US alone. It is imperative—by law and ethics—for engineers and safety and health professionals to drive down these statistics by creating a safe workplace and safe products, as well as maintaining a safe environment.

Safety and Health for Engineers is considered the gold standard for engineers in all specialties, teaching an understanding of many components necessary to achieve safe workplaces, products, facilities, and methods to secure safety for workers, users, and the public. Each chapter offers information relevant to help safety professionals and engineers in the achievement of the first canon of professional ethics: to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. The textbook examines the fundamentals of safety, legal aspects, hazard recognition and control, the human element, and techniques to manage safety decisions. In doing so, it covers the primary safety essentials necessary for certification examinations for practitioners.

Readers of the fourth edition of Safety and Health for Engineers readers will also find:

• Updates to all chapters, informed by research and references gathered since the last publication
• The most up-to-date information on current policy, certifications, regulations, agency standards, and the impact of new technologies, such as wearable technology, automation in transportation, and artificial intelligence
• Contains new international information and identifies U.S. and foreign standards agencies, professional societies, and other organizations
• Expanded sections with real-world applications, exercises, and 164 case studies
• An extensive list of references to help readers find more detail on chapter contents
• A solution manual available to qualified instructors.

Safety and Health for Engineers is a useful reference for professionals in engineering, safety, health, and associated fields who are preparing for credentialing examinations in safety and health. It also is an ideal textbook for courses in safety engineering around the world in undergraduate or graduate studies, or in professional development learning.

Roger L. Brauer, Ph.D., P.E., was the first Recipient of the Roger Brauer Lifetime Achieveiment Award from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. He is a fellow in the American Society of Safety Engineers and the 68^th Inductee in the Safety and Health Hall of Fame International. Dr. Brauer was selected as Distinguished Alumnus of Valparaiso University and was an adjunct professor of safety engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for 20 years He was also Executive Director of the Board of Certified Safety Professionals for 15 years and led national accreditation of safety degrees in the United States. He served on boards of directors for several professional organizations and holds two patents.

PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION

PART 1 INTRODUCTION

1 THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AND HEALTH

2 SAFETY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS

3 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND TERMS

PART 2 LEGAL ASPECTS OF SAFETY AND HEALTH

4 UNITED STATES LAWS, REGULATIONS, STANDARDS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES

5 LOCAL, INTERNATIONAL AND VOLUNTARY LAWS, REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS

6 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

7 PRODUCTS LIABILITY

8 RECORD KEEPING AND REPORTING

PART 3 HAZARDS AND THEIR CONTROL

9 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF HAZARD CONTROL

10 MECHANICS AND STRUCTURES

11 WALKING AND WORKING SRUFACES

12 ELECTRICAL SAFETY

13 TOOLS AND MACHINES

14 TRANSPORTATION

15 MATERIALS HANDLING

16 FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION

17 EXPLOSIONS AND EXPLOSIVES

18 HEAT AND COLD

19 PRESSURE

20 VISUAL ENVIRONMENT

21 NON-IONIZING RADIATION

22 IONIZING RADIATION

23 NOISE AND VIBRATION

24 CHEMICALS

25 VENTILATION

26 BIOHAZARDS

27 HAZARDOUS WASTE

28 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

29 EMERGENCIES AND SECURITY

30 FACILITY PLANNING, DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE

PART 4 THE HUMAN ELEMENT

31 HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE IN SAFETY AND HEALTH

32 PROCEDURES, RULES, AND TRAINING

33 ERGONOMICS

PART 5 MANAGING SAFETY AND HEALTH

34 RISK, RISK ASSESSMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT

35 SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT

36 SYSTEM SAFETY

37 SAFETY AND HEALTH DATA, ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

38 SAFEY AND HEALTH PLANS AND PROGRAMS

INDEX